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"HE GAZETTE-NEWS m The Associated Press Service. It ft In ETer P0 Complete member Audit Bureaa , ClrcnUUon. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR. v0I,TTME XXNO. 253. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS n Tra,n 5 " FEELING OF OPTIMISM GROWING IN ENGLAND Sen. Clark's Victory May ' Endanger Cloture Rule German Reports to Effect That Greece Has Granted Allies Absolute Control of Mace donian Railways. ALSO USE OF CERTAIN PORTS ON AEGEAN SEA Much Rumored Russian Di version Against Bulgarians Has Not Materialized Various Reports. VOH PAPEH AND London, Dec. 4. The much rumored diversion against the Bulgarians has not. materializ ed, but the fact that no official Russian statement was issued last night gives rise to the hppe in England that it was . being held up in order to chronicle this now phase of the Balkan campaign. Reports have reached here from Bucharest that three Bul garian divisions have crossed Hungary en route for the Ital ian or the western front, which if true would indicate that the Bulgarians do not fear a Eus sian invasion. Reports of such a shift of forces as that con cerning the Bulgarians are as vague, however, as the reports that Austro - German troops were being rushed , from . the ;;other fronts to the feast. to face the new Russian menace. Dispatches from several . sources assert that in both the north and the south, the Ser bian armies are safely estab lished in Alabnia, while forces of the Serbians which evident ly formed part of the Monasttr defense have reached the French camp at Grevgeli in Serbian territory, near the Greek frontier, not far from Saloniki. s The feeling of optimism here over the near-eastern situation seems to be growing, but out xvardly there is little justifica tion for it except on the theory that the Russian onslaught against the Bulgarians will quickly crystallize, while the diplomatic negotiations of the entente powers in Greece again soem to be progressing favor ably. , From German sources the news has been received . here that Greece has granted the al lies the absolute control of the railways in Macedonia, togeth er with certain ports on . the Aegean sea, thus assuring them undisturbed bases of operations.4 Washington, Dec. 4. With the fight over president protem of the senate settled by the nomination of Senator Clarke of Arkansas, the dem ocrats of the senate in caucus again today turned their attention to the cloture rule. Prospects today were that plans for the adoption of the cloture rule would be endangered by reason of the victory of Senator Clarke, despite the fact that the con test ended harmorf ously. The caucus has agreed to vote on the cloture I question at 6 o'clock this afternoon Democrats of the house also met today to approve the committee as. signments made by the majority memDers or tne ways and means pom mittee. The committee completed its task last night. No change was made in any of the chairmanships of any 01 tne important committees. Senator Pomerdne was supported by members who urged that the Arkan sas senator should not be re-elected because of his revolt against the ship purchase bill' at the last session. Af ter the vote was taken. Senator Pom- erene moved to make the choice of Senator Clarke unanimous and this was done by a rising vote. The division in the Clarke-Pomer-ene fight was rather sharply drawn, All the democrats who joined with Senator Clarke in his fight against the ship purchase bill stood solidly be hind him, and most of the southern senators also supported him. Senators Fletcher, of Florida, and Martin and Swanson, of Virginia, however voted for Senator Pomerene. The Florida senator had charge of the ship pur chase bill. Majority Leader Kern, and Senators Overman and Simmons of North Carolina, and Smith and Till man, of South Carolina, : Voted for Clarke. '. GermanAttaches Have Render ed Themselves Undesirable to U.S. By Activities Harm ful to the Nation. 1 EXPOSITION HLDSES TODAY jln Spite of European War Panama-Pacific Exhibition Attendance and Financial Returns Satisfactory.. TO NOV. 19 ATTENDANCE WAS OVER 17,000,000 n E 10 ITT N Out of Whole Crowd of Possi- bilities, Only Zeb Weaver and Sol. Gallert Are Openly in Field. CASE OF VON NEUBER . ' BEING CONSIDERED Complaints Against Boy-ed and Von Papen Date Back to the Early Days of the European -War. Another Train Hold-Up Attempted In Southwest Washington, " Dec. 4. Immediate Net Cash Income of $1,41,876 Out of Gross Income of $6, 048,129 Was Shown on October 21. JUDGE JUSTICE SEEMS DEAD AGAINST RACE PEflGE E wmjEssa Members of Ford Peace Expe- dition Aboard Oscar II, Which Sails This Afternoon for European Port" HALF HUNDRED SPECIAL WRITERS GOING ALONG Fight for Nomination Under stood to Be Between Ashe- ville and Rutherf ordton Revenue Collections Good. San Francisco, Dec, 4.-Today was closing day at the Panama Pacific in ternational exposition. A salute of 21 guns at sunrise, open a carnival of mu sic and dancing which will last until Eighty-Three of 140 Ford Guests Listed as Peace En voysWill Visit Various Neutral Capitals. (By W. T. Boat) withdrawal of captain K-ari tsoy-eu mldnignt ln celebration of the success nnrt Cnntain Franz Von lJapen, re- Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 4. Posses early today were in pursuit of bandits who last night attempted to hold up the southbound Iron Mountain pas senger train. No. 3, near Malvern, Ark. The robbery was foiled through the coolness of Theodore P. Homard, the engineer; Three hours after the at tempt officers and citizens were on the trail of the would-be robbers. Sheriff J. E. Stanley of Malvern was wounded in the foot during a battle with the bandits the only ' known casualty. The bandits escaped In the darkness. The sheriff with his depu ties continued the pursuit. The attempted hold-up was similar to others which have been yi p iti-ated in the southwest. Two men climbed from the blind baggage to the 'engine cab and ordered the engineer to stop the train when he saw a camp fire. The engineer took his time in halting the train and when it was brought to a stop the bandits had been carried a mile beyond the place where their confederates were supposed to be waiting. Seeing that they were out witted, the bandits leaped from the train and escaped. spective naval and, military attaches of the German embassy, has been re quested by. the state department. In making formal announcement or mis action late yesterday. Secretary Lan sing said thn : attaches had rendered themselves persona non grata to tne United States government by Im- pioper activities in connection with naval and military matters. of the fair.. Owing to the European war, which began six month before the opening of the exposition on February 20, the exposition directors were forced to some anxiety as to the success of their project, but it turned out that the at tendance passed the seventeenth mil lion mark on November 19, with the The secretary aeted with the fullirecora tor a single day Deing 3 4,4z ariDroval of President Wilson, who is;vIsitors on San Francisco day, Novem- uriderstood to have determined that the UnitedStates shall be rid of for eign officials ; who make themselves ber .2. , The final report on the financial re turns may not be prepared for some by activity harmful to terests of the nation. PresidentWi1son And Mrs. Gah fo Wed Dec.l 8 Washington, Dec. 4. President I Gait's mother, brother and sister, and Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait wW be married ont Saturday, December 18 at the Washington home of Mrs. Gait, according to an announcement given out at the white house today. It was also announced that the only guests at the ceremony would be Mrs. The state department made Its re finest three days ago through Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassa dor. Announcement of the fact was withheld as a matter of courtesy to the best In-1 time, but the last one, covering the period from February 20 to October 31, showed a net cash income of $1, 410,876 out of a gross income of $6, 048,129. The conclusion of the exposition to night will be signalized by the singing Hamburg-American line In New'-'Torft-had In any way been Influenced in reaching a verdict. No reply has been received, but none Js necessary, and it Is taken for granted that the ambassador will or der the attaches away as soon a3 he the president's brother, Bister and has , exchanged communications with daughter and the members of his immediate household. No announcement was made as to the plans for the honeymoon, but it on public opinion In Germany. Infor Is expected the president and his ' matlon upon that subject, It was bride will leave soon after the cere- Imony for somewhere ln the south. - Germany and to prevent the cnargeo( "Farewell to Thee" from the Tower being made,:tnat the Jury trying tne 0f Jewels, the highest structure on the warship sitijefr conspirators of thelKroundg. by tne soun(Ung Qf taps by a detachment of United States army bulgers and the pressing of a button by C. C. Moore, the president of the exposition, to extinguish all lights; by the lowering of countless (lags, and a salvo of rockets from the Marina. As the lights go out for the last time, Arthur Smith, an aviator, in an illumi nated bight will write "Farewell S. P. I. E." ln letters against the sky. "Triumphs of Peace" Notwithstanding the was in Europe, it has been triumphs of peace that Berlin. Official Washington Is speculating upon the effeot the action might have Belgian Finance Minister In U.S. to Make Purchases WOMEN HOLDING MANY INDUSTRIAL POSITIONS IN EDUCATIONAL WORLD New York, Deo. 4. -Alois Van de Vyvere, Belgian minister of , finance, who landed yesterday on the Adria tic from Liverpool. The. minister said that he had come to look after pur. chases for his government. He denied the report emanating from London that he might try to arrange for a loan for Belgium In the United States, i The Belgian minister Is accompa nied by Edmond Carton de Wlart, brother of the Belgian minister of justice, and Baron Ernest de Cartier, Belgian minister to China. M. - de Wlart said he was here In purely a personal capacity and Baron de Cartier said he was proceeding to his post at Peking. M. de Vyvere expressed warm ap preciation for the help the Belgians had received from America, Sir Horace Plunkett, head of the: also said, in hih official circles, would be awaited with Interest It also has become known that the department has under consideration the case of Alexander von Nuber, Aus-tro-Hungarian consul general at New Raleigh, Dec. 4. Tenth Congres sional district lawyers who have been here arguing cases on appeal from their judicial division Indicate early plans to retire Congressman J. J. Brltt and at least two democrats are ready to announce. Sol Gallert of Rtitherfordton and Zebulon AVeaver of Asheville, appear to be the only men openly in the field albeit the newspapers have said but little of any candidacy. Former So licltor A. Hall Johnston says that he is out of it and his name will under no condition go to the primary. Judge Mike Justice's friends are making a prodigious effort to get him into the primary. They do not believe that any man now in the race would contest the nomination with him if he would ngree. Judge Justice seems dead against it. The very fact that Sol Gallert from the same county means to run foredooms the Justice partisans. Mr. Gallert expects to speak out after the first of the year and the fight is understood tobe be tween the Asheville and the Ruther fordton democrats. Down here the rumor of a dozen candidates had been circulated and such strife, promised as to give repub licans hope of winning without trouble again next year. Hall Johnston and Gallatin Roberts, "Captain Bob", Charlev Webb. Judge Justice, Sol Gal lert, M. L. Shlpman, Governor Craig and Senator Weaver were all put among the congressional probabilities. Elimination to Gallert and Weaver would indicate the Une-up nearly a year before the election. Gallatin Roberts will be the candi date for speaker of the next house of representatives and that lets him out. The race between Weaver and Gal New York, Dec. 4. Members of the" peace expedition organized and financ ed by Henry Ford for the purpose of ,' creating a conference of the represen tatives of neutral nations In the hope of ending the war, began to assemble this morning at Hoboken aboard thu Scandinavian-American liner Oscar II. There, were 140 names on the list of. guests. Of these 83 were peace en vovs: and 54 were newspaper and magazine writers; while three were moving picture men. For their us Mr. Ford has chartered the entire ac commodation of first and second cab-. York, whose name frequently has I today, rather than of historical lnter been mentioned with those of Boy-ed lest, for no exhibits which were the and Von Papen in connection with ; products of a period ante-dating the have been shown most prominently at lert promies to entertain even those tnis exposition, tne avowed purpose oi which hsa been to celebrate the com pletion of the Panama canal. In every feature it has been an exposition of last decade were admited for awards. In his final address today, President Moore declared that the conclusion of the exposition marked "an opening of a period of new vigor and prosperity activities which have been frowned upon by the United States govern ment. It was said authoritatively that it had not been decided just what ac tion, If any, would be taken. It was intimated that the state department ;t0 Slin Franrisco, California and the iau wus viinsiuerins- wnetnar nnv ... . . IriHh pnnDTeKl.ul district hoard vn .., ., ... .7 ' i nUea Males, . .. ,,, ,, inHen rcgaraing otner also a passenger on the Adriatic. Sir high officials of foreign embassies In Horace is on his way to Nebraska ln i Washington. , connection with the work of improv- Tne complaints against Von Tnnn Ire-innd Boy-Ed were accumulative, dat- For the first time ln the history of International expositions, the aeroplane the submarine and the internal com bustion engine were exhibited in actu al operation. New processes In engl- tng agricultural conditions ln land. He said that recruiting was go- w back t the arlv n.v. t t-.. Ing on well In Ireland, but criticised I ropesn war. The case against them ; nepr'nK-met:nnn'CB' electricity, mnnu the British government for not taking peculiar, not being capable of legil fllcturlnK- mining and sanitation were the people more Into Its confidence proof, n consists of an accumulation HWn- Such divergent Interests as the In regard to the war situation. of .U8PlcnnSi circumstances and cnn.il"te" systems of child welfare, oxy- i.ensorsnip. bit norace Baia, was anions wnch connect 'the attache !icetyene treatment of medals, modern mrgeiy rMpmumi.e ior yuu..B .rin- wlth attempting to violate the nou-1 methods of mine rescue, target prac men leaving the country to keep from,tra)ltv ,., of tne UnUpd "'tlce with great coast fortlcatlon guns, nllstinft-. ouon ? . cumulation was sufficient to con- i placing explosion of submarine mines. " . '1". :"" ' vlnce the department that th nfnvii and trans-continental telephone con- real conditions and the cause which England Is fighting', for PROHIBITIONISTS MIME BILL Washington, Dec. 3, Women are 'oUing many executive educational tuitions In the United States, accord " to the bureau of education's di rectory for the year 1916.16 Issued to 'ay. which shows that out of 11,000 ionnpicuous positions, largely of an "imlnlstratlve character 1500 are wo men Incumbents, The women officials include college presidents, state and jaunty superintendents of education, "Irectors of Industrial schools, heads "l oopartments In colleges and unlver- ties, directors of schools for ths af. nlcted and librarians. CALLS BELGIANS Tn DISCUSS CONTRIBUTIONS l1.!!nl"," Deo- Under' a' decree "m-d by General Von Hissing, general Ineral of Belgium to the uthor,,, cf t- prov,ncei of Aj)t. mZ? i 'n'ot. calling them to Cu! .T'01' ""lon on Kiturdsy to tlon. mUcr f war contrlbu- ronn,. . -rvlncs have not yet M flip t ,n th '""re promuls.t- -""Wbutlon, are due Doci-mber 10. ' GOMES TO ft VOT E Liquor Men Devoting Efforts to Prevent a Vote It Is Not a Radical Measure. cause of his heavy duties as chair man of the Judlclarp committee. Whatever resolution Is Introduced, however, will be referred to Mr. Webb's committee, where It will re ceive the consideration It deserves. The resolution will not be of a status of the nttaohPs In the United Iversatlon were presented to the public ninit-n minimi tie nisconttnuprt. for the first time at an exposition. 1'nltrd Stntps Insists on Kpply. Vienna. Dec. . American Ambas sador Penfield has repeated his re quest that the Austrian government make reply to the American note re specting the circumstances connect ed with the sinking of the steamer Ar.conn In the Mediterranean by an Activities of the submarine, other aquatics and the coast defense guns In action were made possible bv the fact (Continued on Page Three). drastic nature, as some of the more Austrian submarine, which resulted In the loss of several Amerlpan lives. radical element desire. Its main pur port will be to strike down the a- iuuiib in evoiy Huuun VI wie l. II I leu vvvv . States. It will not undertake to In-, UUK XjlULiUtiLN LOSE terfre with the right of an Ameri can citizen to have a "dram" in his own home, nor will It prevent htm from passing one to his next. door neighbor, should he desire to do so, LIVES IN W. VA. FIRES Huntlngton, W. Vs., Dec. 4. News has reached here that fm,r nhi'j... The question as to whether liquors were burned te death In Loimn eonn. can be manufactured In the several ty Thursday. The . little eon and states for one's own use will be left I daughter of Henry Prltchard of Hol entlrel to the states. The new legls-jden were fatally burned while playing latlon will leave the question entirely , "Indian"; and two children of James to the states. As an Illustration, If Lowe of Rum Creek lost their lives. North Carolina desires to permit the : when their home was destroyed by manufacture of liquor forv personal Are. use, the federal law will not prevent .........,..m....mmm tne since from enacting such a law. , ir Alabama passes a law forbidding any one from making the stuff with- (By Parker R'. Anderson). Oasette-News Bureau The Rlggs Building Washington, Dec. 4. The committee of II appointed by h Antl.Httloon lcasue to draft a res olutlon to be presented to congress in ner porasrs, the federal law gives ner mat privilege, in other words, the resolution, If passed by both houses, will provide that the lr be enforced by congress concurrently with the several states. It was also decided by the commit tee, that another attempt will be made to make the District of Colum bia dry by the In-coining congress. It Is conceded even by the most ardent supporters of the liquor men that the prohibit lonlnts will win In this fight If the bill Is ever allowed to come to a vote. , " STEAMSHIP OFFICIALS 10 SERVE TERMS IN PRISON The vessel is due to sail at 2 o'clocK . this afternoon.- She should react , Christiana, the first stop, about De cember 14. Thence the party will pro ced to Stockholm, Copenhagen anil The Hague. " I . Mr. Ford said his guests had bee , invited for a six weeks' trip, but tha4 the time might be considerably ex tended. As for himself, even aft members of his party had retume( to America, Mr. Ford said he intend ed to remain "until peace had uee restored." He aid he Might go tntr Germany and England, if posslbU and expend any amount of money lr behalf of peace. The preliminary ex penses of the trip so far had cost 160,000, he said, and in six weeks he expected to spend several hundred thousand dollars more. , Mr. Ford's Aims. As an evidence of his intention to devote time and money to his expedi tion Mr. Ford announced that he had made a new will for the distribution of his fortune ln case of his death abroad and had arranged to have his business affairs handled Independent ly of himself. "I am prepared to meet anything," said Mr. Ford. "If we fail this time, we will try some other plan for end ing the war. I'm not going to stop until the war is stopped. I'm going to keep; on trying until peace has come again. What 1 shall do next if this mission fails, I do not know as yet; I haven't any idea. But I shall do something. I am determined ln that. "I have always been opposed to war and opposed to preparation for war. I really don't know lust wber the plan for the peace mission came from. The project of chartering a ship and holding a conference on the other side seemed to me best fitted to meet the situation. It simply ap pealed to me as the most suitable action now, so I started carrying It out. If we fall ln this we shall start over again from the very beginning; that is all. "The mission In reality Is to arouse public sentiment against the horrors of war and In favor of peace. It seis people to thinking and wonderlns auout the war." Sir. Bryan's Statement. Mr. Bryan said he was confident he would Join Mr. Fords party at the Hague, probably within a few weeks. The statement dictated by Mr. Bryan for nation-wide prohibition has about decided that practically the same measure as wss advocated by former Congressman llobson will be Intro duced In both houses early next wesk. As stated exclusively ln this corres pondence, Bepreeentetlvs Yates Webb Is being urged to lead ths fight In the house. While Mr. Webb Is a strong sup porter of prohibition and hss done a rrent deal t? advsnce the csuse, he may be prevent from taking chsrfs of the resolution on the floor te- , THE LARGEST Advertisement appearing In The Oasette-News today Is that of L. BLOMBERO. calling attention to Bale of Toys ' and Hportlng floods. New York, Dec. 4. Dr. Karl Buens, Oeorge Kotter and Adolph Ilochmelst- er of the llumburg-Amorlcan Hteum- ship line, recently convicted of con spiring to defraud the United States government by sending aid from American, ports to German sea raiders in the fiouth Atlantic, were today sentenced by Federal Judge Howe, who heard the rase, to serve one and a half years In the federal penltntlary In Atlunta. Joseph' Popplnghaus wss given a sentence of one -year." The Hamburg-American line was fined one dollar. ' Alt the defendants were admitted to ball pending the suing out of a writ of error In their behalf. who found the real thing In the "Cap tain Bob" and Congressman Gudcrer fight of last year. Both are expected to run like Jehu drove. Revenue Collections. Collector J. W. Bailey's office re ceived for the month of November the largest revenue returns in many yearr. and passed the 1914 figures by nearly $141,000. The November collections last year were M30.0ri6.72. For 1915 they are reported well above the half million. at $570.8:i9 53. No single month fori many years has equaled this record, j Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes com. prise the bulk of the money received. They amount to $554,870.20. Income taxes amounted to $4,408.85: special taxes $445.23; emergency or war stamps $9,708.73; and regular lists $1,322.07. Opium licenses and blanks made the small item of $4. 4 5. Durham pays large tribute to this district but Durham does not ina.te the showing that Wlnston-Salom .Iocs ln Collector A. D. Watts's district. For that reason the western division always has bigger figures. J'ho war stamps will be a larxer item after the present congress dues its work It Is said here. Hiislnem men sre looking for the time when stamps will be put upon all the checks th.it go through the hanks. Nobody, how- ever. Is announcing this ns one of the campaign Issues upon which the gov ernment expects a sweeping return to power. Julian 8treet and Wattuce Morgan left yesterday for Clinton to visit the model communities In gampson county. They spent two nights and two dns In Halelgh gathering the material for their stories and pictures In Colllnr'.. Mr. Htreet Is the writer and Mr. Mor gan the Illustrator. They have done Kalclgh thoroughly and were delight ed with their stay here. Clinton was In their original Itin erary and Greensboro gets In They have been handsomely entar talned In this town and Intimated l.int night that If their trip Is not win pleto for Christmas they will return ll.l.L.k .1 . 1 . ml . I. , H V. a ... hi jtmciau unit .fvT,iu ...,,, j -..jy.-.-... , , - . . . This, however, was a toast and vows 1 ' ' " T.v" " u wno desire made In toasts, whether winelcss cr , V. . 'm may "ol fuI" otherwise, and this one was In ott lot . iT. n ln Immediate sue?. after his talk with Mr. Ford, follows: 10 .ew mrk to explain to ..... . ..iu more luuy man I could by wire my reasons fur t.elioHn Just now I can render turner here opposing the attempt to Increa.e the appropriations for the army and navy than I could by going with Win on the peace ship. "I have seen Mr. For and laid mr reasons before him and recognised the weight of those reutons. I desire to add that I am In hearty sympathy with the effort which ho Is making and hope to Join the party at the llngiie. As the date of their arrival at the Hague Is not yet known I cannot nx the date for my dcuartiir J,f, l'"r2 '" mmMn "n rnestand unselfl.h effort In behalf of peace and he ought to have the good wishes and More Italils I'nllkcly. Washington, Deo. 3. The move ment of more Carransa forces through American trrttory renders further at. itsrk on American border towns by Mexican rnldrrs Improbable In the opinion of Major General Frederick accordance with the latest Hupreme court decision ASKS GOVERNMENT AID IN GETTING POTASH Washington, Dso. . Renstor Rmlth of Hnuth Carolina has asked President Wilson to have the govern ment give assistance In getting pnt ash from Germany for the nouthern cotton planters for use In fertiliser, F'unston. About 1000 Csrrsnta troops 1 The president said that the state 1 reached Douglss yesterday and 1100 1 pertmrnt would do everything post nor art due today. ile to get the material. CSSS of thla tt( n - - : u. i nose wbr ant the war to continue ridicule tb effort, especially thn. ..t. , . , . . , - - - " fMn, 1 u r the big munition factories which are exporting war material of a 1 Profit. This -was to h. ..n,- ' "Hldlcule Is 11.. favorite we.pon , those who desire tn r,.. - l ' " " j move ment when they find themselves un able tn support their opposition with srgument. If any if the people n the Ark had been msklng Dinner nnt rf the flood, they would ttrobs Mr have ridiculed Noah fur sending nut the dove. Htirreas to Mr. Ford snl corrpsnlons. Msy they return with sn 4Mhe leaf .
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